Electorate

Mount Ommaney

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Party

Australian Labor Party (ALP)

Date of Election : 13 June 1998

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Parliamentary Service

Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs from 9 April 2009. Member, Environment and Resources Committee from 23 April 2009. Member, Estimates Committee E, 2008. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 13 September 2007 - 20 March 2009. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety 21 September 2006 - 13 September 2007. Chair, Estimates Committee G, 2006. Chair, Estimates Committee B, 2005. Chair, Estimates Committee B, 2004. Chair, Estimates Committee F, 2003. Chair, Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 3 May 2001 - 15 August 2006. Chair, Estimates Committee G, 2001. Member, Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 30 July 1998 - 23 January 2001. Chair, Estimates Committee C 2000, Member 1998 and 1999.

Current Parliamentary service is highlighted in green.

current Ministerial Legislative Committee Membership

Premier; Child Safety from 28 September 2006.

Government appointments

Chair, Safe Youth Parties Taskforce 24 May 2005 - 10 March 2006.

Party Activity

Formerly Secretary and Treasurer for Centenary Branch of the ALP, Delegate to the MEC and EEC.

Military Service

Army Reserve.

Personal

Born Bundaberg, 31 May 1957. Married since 1981. GCCMCS, Deakin University, 1995. Prior to election was a Manager, Commonwealth Employment Service, Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Other activities include: Commissioner for Declarations; volunteer in an aged care complex; community speaker for the Queensland Cancer Fund; Member, Community Advisory Committee at Sir David Longlands Correctional Centre and Brisbane Youth Detention Centre. Founding Member of the Anti-Graffiti Group and the Centenary Table Tennis Association. Member of the following organisations: Reconciliation Queensland Incorporated; Branch Council of The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Inc.; State Council of Girl Guides; Centenary Riverfront Advisory Committee; Victims of Crime Association; Endeavour Foundation; Citizens Against Road Slaughter Ltd; Zoe Reed Little Bridge House Association; Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre; Benarrawa Community Development Association; Sherwood Respite Centre; Centenary War Memorial Gardens Committee; and Centenary Suburbs RSL. Patron of the following organisations: Centenary & Districts Chamber of Commerce; Centenary State High School; Centenary Suburbs Sub-branch of the RSL; Corinda State School Parents and Citizens Association; Oxley Swimming Club; John Oxley Orchid Society; Centenary Meals on Wheels; Centenary Table Tennis Association; and CHARM Support Services.